Freedom Flight

AUTHOR(S)

Hayward, George

PUB. DATE

September 1999

SOURCE

Airman;Sep99, Vol. 43 Issue 9, p30

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Profiles Lieutenant Colonel Norlan Daughtrey, who was shot down during a bombing mission over North Vietnam. Information on finis flight or final flight, a celebrated event in the aviation community; 560th Flying Training Squadron's requalification of American prisoner of wars (POW) on freedom flights aboard their T-38.

ACCESSION #

2307105

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